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課程簡介Course Description

Students who attempt to take this course should read the course description and policies carefully and complete the registration form before 23 August. I will email the acceptance letter and the online coding training information to matriculated students on 26 August.

In order to produce high-quality data journalism for the Taiwanese presential election on January 13th, 2024, the ICI, the CommonWealth Magazine (one of the leading economic and political magazines in Taiwan), Taiwan FactCheck Center, and the Election Study Center will open this practice course in ICI this Fall. This course is an intensive and inter-disciplinary practice course designed to train students as professional data scientists and journalists. Another objective of this course is to publish students’ edited works on CommonWealth’s website (https://english.cw.com.tw/).

核心能力分析圖 Core Competence Analysis Chart

能力項目說明

課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

In order to meet the requirements of professional and inter-disciplinary data journalism, this course recruits students who possess coding skills and social science knowledge. The course is exclusive to students who have taken one of ICI’s two programming courses. (i.e., Data Science and Big Data for Social Analysis) Students have a better chance of being selected if students took the following three ICI courses: Political Science, Modern History of Taiwan, and/or Public International Law. If you have not completed the above required modules, please provide a CV, previous works, or a course list and write a personal statement in the registration form to demonstrate that you meet the professional requirements for this course.

This capstone course will consist of two sections: the preliminary and practice sessions. First, during the preliminary section, there will be online coding skills training at the end of August. Students will have several online R programming courses. On September 14^th, 21^st, 23^th, and 28^th, the ICI, CommonWealth, Taiwan FactCheck Center, and Election Study Center will hold an 18-hour workshop to allow students to garner a more systematic understanding of Taiwan elections, domestic and international politics, and election coding skills. During the practice section, students will be required to follow specific guidelines of the ICI, CommonWealth, Taiwan FactCheck Center, and Election Study Center to develop data journalism projects and publish data journalism articles/reports on CommonWealth’s website in the next January.

每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

教學週次Course Week	彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week	彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type
16+2週16+2 weeks	第 17 週 Week 17	其他（請參閱每週課程進度與作業要求）Other (Please refer to the weekly course schedule and learning requirements)
16+2週16+2 weeks	第 18 週 Week 18	其他（請參閱每週課程進度與作業要求）Other (Please refer to the weekly course schedule and learning requirements)

Course Prerequisites and Policies:

Prior to the starting date of Fall 2022 (14 September), students should complete the online coding training courses.
Students should reserve the entire day for 23 September and 11-13 January in advance.
Project meetings will be held every Thursday from 9:10 am - 12:00 noon. Students should attend all meetings and provide a report on their project’s progress.
By the conclusion of 14 September’s class, you should establish a team composed of 2-5 of your classmates. Each team should assign a member to email me a list, which should include each team member’s name, email, and university ID.
On 12 October, each team should submit a project proposal.
CommonWealth will establish the deadline for data projects. All teams should submit their work prior to the deadline, which is usually a few days after the election.
CommonWealth has the right to edit the work at any time and has the right to publish and promote the work in an appropriate style and/or correct or alter the title.

Course Schedule:

Section 1: Preliminary

08/26 – 09/11: Online coding skill training

Meeting 1: 09/14 Workshop 1

Introduction of the capstone course (Chung-pei Pien)

Meeting 2: 09/21 Workshop 2

Meeting 3-4: 09/23 Workshop 3-4

Meeting 5: 09/28 Workshop 5

Section 2: Practice

Meeting 6: 10/5

Prepare Project Proposal (Chung-pei Pien)

Meeting 7: 10/12

Project Proposal Presentation (Chung-pei Pien)

Meeting 8: 10/19